BR112020017343A2 - HEAT CONDUCTING SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATED AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

the present disclosure provides aerosol generating substrates and aerosol source members comprising aerosol generating substrates, as well as methods of making them. in an example implementation, an aerosol generating substrate may comprise a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, in which the substrate is formed as a sheet, and in which the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet. the heat-conducting constituents can be incorporated within the sheet, or can be formed on a surface of the sheet. in another example implementation, an aerosol source member may comprise a substrate portion formed by a collection of interspersed pieces cut from an aerosol substrate sheet. in addition, or alternatively, a substrate portion may be formed by a series of overlapping layers of an aerosol substrate sheet.

Description

HEAT CONDUCTING SUBSTRATE FOR DELIVERY DEVICE ELECTRICALLY HEATED AEROSOL FIELD OF DISSEMINATION

[001] The present disclosure refers to aerosol delivery articles and their uses to produce components of tobacco or other materials in inhalable form. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to substrate materials and aerosol source members containing substrate materials for aerosol delivery devices and systems, such as tobacco articles, which use electrically generated heat to heat a tobacco or non-tobacco material. tobacco, preferably without significant combustion, to provide an inhalable substance in the form of an aerosol for human consumption.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED TECHNIQUE

[002] Many tobacco articles have been proposed over the years as improvements or alternatives to tobacco products based on tobacco combustion. Exemplary alternatives include devices in which a solid or liquid fuel is burned to transfer heat to tobacco or where a chemical reaction is used to provide that source of heat. Examples include the smoking articles described in U.S. Patent No. 9,078,473 to Worm et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[003] The purpose of improvements or alternatives to tobacco articles was, typically, to provide the sensations associated with the smoking of cigarettes, cigars or pipes, without providing considerable quantities of incomplete combustion products and pyrolysis. To this end, several tobacco products, aroma generators and medical inhalers have been proposed that use electrical energy to vaporize or heat a volatile material, or attempt to provide the sensations of smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe without burning tobacco to a significant degree. See, for example, the various alternative smoking articles, aerosol delivery devices and heat generating sources disclosed in the prior art described in U.S. Patent No. 7,726,320 to Robinson et al .; and US Patent Application Publication Nos. 2013/0255702 by Griffith, Jr. et al .; and 2014/0096781 by Sears et al., which are incorporated by reference in their entirety by reference. See also, for example, the various types of tobacco articles, aerosol delivery devices and electrically powered heat generating sources referenced by brand name and commercial source in U.S. Patent Application Publications No. 2015/0220232 by Bless et al., which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Additional types of smoking articles, aerosol delivery devices and electrically powered heat generating sources referenced by the brand name and commercial source are listed in US Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0245659 by DePiano et al., Which also is incorporated into this document by reference in its entirety. Other representative cigarettes or smoking articles that have been described and, in some cases, have been made commercially available include those described in U.S. Patent No. 4,735,217 to Gerth et al .; US Patents Nos. 4,922,901, 4,947,874 and 4,947,875 by Brooks et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,060,671 to Counts et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,249,586 to Morgan et al .; US Patent No.

5,388,594 by Counts et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,666,977 to

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7,513,253 to Kobayashi; U.S. Patent No. 7,726,320 to Robinson et al .; U.S. Patent No. 7,896,006 to Hamano; U.S. Patent No. 6,772,756 to Shayan; US Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0095311 to Hon; US Patent Application Publications Nos. Hon 2006/0196518, 2009/0126745 and 2009/0188490; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0272379 by Thorens et al .; US Patent Application Publications Nos. 2009/0260641 and 2009/0260642 by Monsees et al .; US Patent Application Publications Nos. 2008/0149118 and 2010/0024834 by Oglesby et al .; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0307518 to Wang; and Hon PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 2010/091593, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[004] Representative products that resemble many of the attributes of traditional types of cigarettes, cigars or pipes were marketed as ACCORD® by Philip Morris Incorporated; ALPHA ™, JOYE 510 ™ and M4 ™ from InnoVapor LLC; CIRRUS ™ and FLING ™ by White Cloud Cigarettes; BLU ™ by Fontem Ventures B.V .; COHITA ™, COLIBRI ™, ELITE CLASSIC ™, MAGNUM ™, PHANTOM ™ and SENSE ™ from Epuffer® International Inc .; DuoPro ™, STORM ™ and VAPORKING® from Electronic Cigarettes, Inc .; EGAR ™ by Egar Australia; eGo- C ™ and eGo-T ™ by Joyetech; ELUSION ™ by Elusion UK Ltd; EONSMOKE® by Eonsmoke LLC; FIN ™ by FIN Branding Group, LLC;

SMOKE® by Green Smoke Inc. USA; GREENARETTE ™ by Greenarette LLC; HALLIGAN ™, HENDU ™, JET ™, MAXXQ ™, PINK ™ and PITBULL ™ from Smoke Stik®; HEATBAR ™ by Philip Morris International, Inc .; CrownY HYDRO IMPERIAL ™ and LXE ™; LOGIC ™ and THE CUBAN ™ by LOGIC Technology; LUCI® by Luciano Smokes Inc .; METRO® by Nicotek, LLC; NJOY® and ONEJOY ™ by Sottera, Inc .; AT THE. 7 ™ from SS Choice LLC; PREMIUM ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE ™ by PremiumEstore LLC; RAPP E-MYSTICK ™ by Ruyan America, Inc .; RED DRAGON ™ by Red Dragon Products, LLC; RUYAN® by Ruyan Group (Holdings) Ltd .; SF® from Smoker Friendly International, LLC; GREEN SMART SMOKER® by The Smart Smoking Electronic Cigarette Company Ltd .; SMOKE ASSIST® by Coastline Products LLC; SMOKING EVERYWHERE® by Smoking Everywhere, Inc .; V2CIGS ™ from VMR Products LLC; VAPOR NINE ™ by VaporNine LLC; VAPOR4LIFE® by Vapor 4 Life, Inc .; VEPPO ™ from E-CigaretteDirect, LLC; VUSE® by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company; Mistic Menthol product of Mistic Ecigs; and vype product of CN Creative Ltd. In addition, other electrically powered aerosol delivery devices, and in particular those devices that were characterized as so-called electronic cigarettes, were marketed under the trade names COOLER VISIONS ™; DIRECT E-CIG ™; DRAGONFLY ™; EMIST ™; EVERSMOKE ™; GAMUCCI®; HYBRID FLAME ™; KNIGHT STICKS ™; ROYAL BLUES ™; SMOKETIP®; SOUTH BEACH SMOKE ™; IQOS ™ by Philip Morris International; and British American Tobacco's GLO ™.

[005] Articles that produce the taste and sensation of smoking through electric heating of tobacco, materials derived from tobacco or other materials derived from plants have suffered from inconsistent performance characteristics. For example, some articles have suffered from inconsistent release of flavorings or other inhalable materials. Therefore, it may be desirable to provide a smoking article that can provide the sensations of smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe, that does so without burning the substrate material, that does so without the need for a source of combustion heat, and that do it with increased performance characteristics.

BRIEF SUMMARY

[006] The present disclosure relates to aerosol generation substrates, aerosol source members, methods of fabricating an aerosol generation substrate, methods of fabricating an aerosol source member and methods of forming an aerosol member. aerosol source. This disclosure includes, without limitation, the following example implementations.

[007] Example implementation 1: An aerosol generating substrate for use in an aerosol source member, the aerosol generating substrate comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of conductive constituents heat, where the substrate is formed as a sheet, and the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet.

[008] Example implementation 2: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, further comprising a binder material.

[009] Example implementation 3: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the sheet.

[0010] Example implementation 4: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents are formed on a surface of the sheet.

[0011] Example implementation 5: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a shape powder, a fiber shape, a mesh shape, and a fiber fabric shape.

[0012] Example implementation 6: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, a material metal alloy, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0013] Example implementation 7: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents are formed in a segmented pattern.

[0014] Example implementation 8: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the segmented pattern is created using at least one of printing, lamination, stitching and selective adhesion .

[0015] Example implementation 9: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metal mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0016] Example implementation 10: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a derived material tobacco.

[0017] Example implementation 11: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0018] Example implementation 12: The aerosol generating substrate of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the segmented pattern is created using a mask model.

[0019] Example implementation 13: An aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the aerosol source member comprising a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a collection of interspersed pieces cut from an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of conductive constituents of heat, and where the heat-conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet.

[0020] Example implementation 14: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0021] Example implementation 15: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0022] Example implementation 16: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat-conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[0023] Example implementation 17: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a wire mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0024] Example implementation 18: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a tobacco and a tobacco derived material.

[0025] Example implementation 19: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet may comprise a non-tobacco material.

[0026] Example implementation 20: An aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the aerosol source member comprising a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a series of overlapping layers of an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of heat conducting constituents, and wherein the heat conductive constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet.

[0027] Example implementation 21: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0028] Example implementation 22: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0029] Example implementation 23: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat-conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[0030] Example implementation 24: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metal mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0031] Example implementation 25: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a tobacco and a tobacco derived material.

[0032] Example implementation 26: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0033] Example implementation 27: An aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the aerosol source member comprising a wrapper portion, and a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, a material aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a collection of interspersed pieces cut from a starting sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet, the wrap portion comprises an over wrap sheet configured to wrap around the substrate portion, and the over wrap sheet includes a plurality of heat conducting constituents.

[0034] Example implementation 28: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0035] Example implementation 29: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0036] Example implementation 30: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0037] Example implementation 31: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion comprises at least one of a laminate of metallic mesh and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0038] Example implementation 32: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a tobacco or tobacco derived material .

[0039] Example implementation 33: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0040] Example implementation 34: An aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the aerosol source member comprising a wrapping portion, and a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, a material aerosol forming agents, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a series of overlapping layers of a sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of conductive constituents of heat, where the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the sheet, the wrap portion comprises an overwrap sheet configured to wrap around the substrate portion, and the overwrap sheet includes a plurality of heat conducting constituents heat.

[0041] Example implementation 35: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0042] Example implementation 36: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0043] Example implementation 37: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0044] Example implementation 38: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion comprises at least one of a laminate of metallic mesh or a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0045] Example implementation 39: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a tobacco and a tobacco derived material.

[0046] Example implementation 40: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the starting substrate sheet comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0047] Example implementation 41: An aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the aerosol source member comprising a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, a aerosol-forming material, and a plurality of heat-conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a collection of interspersed pieces cut from an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol-forming material , and plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet, and the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprise a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter.

[0048] Example implementation 42: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0049] Example implementation 43: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a shape powder, a fiber shape, a mesh shape, and a fiber fabric shape.

[0050] Example implementation 44: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, a material metal alloy, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0051] Example implementation 45: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a wire mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0052] Example implementation 46: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a derived material tobacco.

[0053] Example implementation 47: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0054] Example implementation 48: An aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the aerosol source member comprising a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, a aerosol-forming material, and a plurality of heat-conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a series of overlapping layers of an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol-forming material, and plurality conductive heat constituents, wherein the heat conductive constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet and the plurality of heat conductive constituents comprise a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the transmitter resonant.

[0055] Example implementation 49: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0056] Example implementation 50: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a shape powder, a fiber shape, a mesh shape, and a fiber fabric shape.

[0057] Example implementation 51: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, a material metal alloy, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0058] Example implementation 52: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a wire mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0059] Example implementation 53: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a tobacco or a tobacco-derived material.

[0060] Example implementation 54: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0061] Example implementation 55: An aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the aerosol source member comprising a substrate portion comprising a fibrous filler material, a aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a collection of granules formed by an extruded and spheronized mixture of fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and the plurality of heat conducting constituents, and wherein the plurality of heat conducting components comprise a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter.

[0062] Example implementation 56: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the substrate portion further comprises a binder material.

[0063] Example implementation 57: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a shape powder, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0064] Example implementation 58: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, a material metal alloy, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0065] Example implementation 59: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting components comprises at least one of a wire mesh laminate and a laminate of metallic fiber fabric.

[0066] Example implementation 60: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a derived material tobacco.

[0067] Example implementation 61: The aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material may comprise a non-tobacco material.

[0068] Implementation of Example 62: A method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate for use in an aerosol source member, the method comprising providing a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, and forming a substrate sheet using the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are part of the substrate sheet.

[0069] Example implementation 63: The method of fabricating an aerosol-generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, further comprising providing a binder material, and wherein the step of forming the substrate sheet further comprises using the binder material.

[0070] Example implementation 64: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents can be incorporated into the substrate sheet.

[0071] Example implementation 65: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents are formed on a surface of the sheet. substrate.

[0072] Example implementation 66: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the form of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0073] Example implementation 67: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[0074] Example Implementation 68: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the heat conducting constituents are formed in a segmented pattern.

[0075] Example implementation 69: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the segmented pattern is created using at least one of printing, lamination , sewing and selective adhesion.

[0076] Example implementation 70: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[0077] Example implementation 71: The method of fabricating an aerosol-generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco and a tobacco derived material.

[0078] Example implementation 72: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.

[0079] Example implementation 73: The method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, in which the segmented pattern is created using a mask model.

[0080] Example implementation 74: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, a fiber forming material aerosol, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated into the initial substrate sheet, cutting the initial substrate sheet into a plurality of pieces, forming a collection of interleaved pieces from the plurality of pieces of the initial substrate sheet, and form a substrate portion using the collection of interleaved pieces.

[0081] Example implementation 75: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[0082] Example implementation 76: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the form of heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0083] Example Implementation 77: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, an alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0084] Example implementation 78: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[0085] Example implementation 79: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one from a tobacco material and a tobacco derived material.

[0086] Example implementation 80: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet comprises a material non-tobacco.

[0087] Example implementation 81: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, a forming material aerosol, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet, overlapping a plurality of layers of the initial substrate sheet, and forming a substrate portion using the overlapping layers.

[0088] Example implementation 82: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[0089] Example implementation 83: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the form of heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0090] Example implementation 84: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, an alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0091] Example implementation 85: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[0092] Example implementation 86: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one from a tobacco material and a tobacco derived material.

[0093] Example implementation 87: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a material non-tobacco.

[0094] Example implementation 88: A method of forming an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, a aerosol, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated into the initial substrate sheet, cutting the initial substrate sheet into a plurality of pieces, forming a collection of interleaved pieces from the plurality of pieces from the initial substrate sheet, form a substrate portion using the interleaved piece collection, and form a wrap portion, wherein the wrap portion comprises an over-wrap sheet configured to wrap around the substrate portion, and the overwrap sheet includes a plurality of heat conducting constituents.

[0095] Example implementation 89: The method of forming an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[0096] Example implementation 90: The method of forming an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet it comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[0097] Example implementation 91: The method of forming an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet it comprises at least one of a metallic material, an alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[0098] Example implementation 92: The method of forming an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion comprises at least least one of a metal mesh laminate and one of metal fiber fabric laminate.

[0099] Example implementation 93: The method of forming an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one from a tobacco material and a tobacco derived material.

[00100] Example implementation 94: The method of forming an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a material non-tobacco.

[00101] Example implementation 95: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, a forming material aerosol, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated into the initial substrate sheet, overlay a plurality of layers of the initial substrate sheet, form a substrate portion using the overlapping layers, and form a wrapper portion, wherein the wrapper portion comprises an overwrap sheet configured to wrap around the substrate portion, and the overwrap sheet includes a plurality of heat conducting constituents.

[00102] Example implementation 96: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[00103] Example implementation 97: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet it comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[00104] Example implementation 98: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet it comprises at least one of a metallic material, an alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material.

[00105] Example implementation 99: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[00106] Example implementation 100: The method of making an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a tobacco or tobacco-derived material.

[00107] Example implementation 101: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a material non-tobacco.

[00108] Example implementation 102: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a filler material fibrous, an aerosol-forming material, and a plurality of heat-conducting constituents, wherein the heat-conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet, cut the initial substrate sheet into a plurality of pieces, form a collection of interleaved pieces from the plurality of pieces of the initial substrate sheet, and forming a substrate portion using the interleaved piece collection, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to a oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter.

[00109] Example implementation 103: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[00110] Example implementation 104: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[00111] Example implementation 105: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[00112] Example implementation 106: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[00113] Example implementation 107: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a tobacco or tobacco derived material .

[00114] Example implementation 108: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.

[00115] Example implementation 109: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the method comprising forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a filler material fibrous, an aerosol-forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the initial substrate sheet, overlap a plurality of layers of the initial substrate sheet, and form a portion of substrate using the overlapping layers, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter.

[00116] Example implementation 110: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the initial substrate sheet further comprises a binder material.

[00117] Example implementation 111: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[00118] Example implementation 112: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[00119] Example implementation 113: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[00120] Example implementation 114: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises tobacco or tobacco-derived material.

[00121] Example implementation 115: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material in the initial substrate sheet comprises a material non-tobacco.

[00122] Implementation of Example 116: A method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, the method comprising forming a mixture comprising a fibrous filler, a aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, extrude and spheronize the mixture into a plurality of granules, form a collection of the granules, and form a portion of substrate using the granule collection, wherein the plurality of constituents Heat conductors comprise a resonant receiver configured to exhibit alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter.

[00123] Example Implementation 117: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the mixture further comprises a binder material.

[00124] Example implementation 118: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the shape of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape.

[00125] Example implementation 119: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the material of the heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, metallic alloy material, ceramic material, carbon material and polymeric fiber material coated with metallic material.

[00126] Example implementation 120: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate.

[00127] Example implementation 121: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member from any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a tobacco or tobacco derived material .

[00128] Example implementation 122: The method of fabricating an aerosol source member of any previous example implementation or any combination of any previous example implementation, wherein the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.

[00129] These and other resources, aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be evident from a reading of the following detailed description, together with the attached drawings, which are briefly described below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[00130] Having thus described aspects of disclosure in the previous general terms, reference will now be made to the attached drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale and in which:

[00131] Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of an aerosol delivery device comprising a control body and an aerosol source member, wherein the aerosol source member and the control body are coupled to one another. according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00132] Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view of the aerosol delivery device of Figure 1, in which the aerosol source member and the control body are decoupled from each other according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00133] Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the disclosure;

[00134] Figure 4 illustrates a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00135] Figure 5 illustrates a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00136] Figure 6 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00137] Figure 7 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00138] Figure 8 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00139] Figure 9 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00140] Figure 10 illustrates various operations in a method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate for use in an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00141] Figure 11 illustrates various operations in a method of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00142] Figure 12 illustrates various operations in a method of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00143] Figure 13 illustrates various operations in a method of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00144] Figure 14 illustrates a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet according to an example implementation of the present disclosure;

[00145] Figure 15 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure; and

[00146] Figure 16 illustrates a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[00147] The present disclosure will now be described more fully below with reference to examples of implementations thereof. These example implementations are described so that this disclosure is thorough and complete and fully transmits the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. In fact, disclosure can be done in many different ways and should not be interpreted as limited to the implementations set out here; instead, these implementations are provided in order for this disclosure to meet applicable legal requirements. As used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "one", "one", "o" and the like include plural referents, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In addition, although reference may be made here to quantitative measures, values, geometric relationships or the like, unless otherwise stated, any one or more, if not all, may be absolute or approximate to account for acceptable variations that may occur, such as those due to engineering tolerances or the like.

[00148] As described below, examples of implementations of the present disclosure refer to aerosol generating substrates for use in aerosol source members and aerosol source members for use with aerosol delivery devices. Aerosol delivery devices in accordance with the present disclosure use electrical energy to heat a material (preferably without burning the material to any significant degree) to form an inhalable substance; and the components of such systems are in the form of articles that are compact enough to be considered portable devices. That is, the use of preferred aerosol delivery device components does not result in the production of smoke in the sense that the aerosol results mainly from by-products of tobacco combustion or pyrolysis, but instead, the use of these preferred systems results in the production of vapors resulting from the volatilization or vaporization of certain components incorporated therein. In some example implementations, the components of the aerosol delivery devices can be characterized as electronic cigarettes, and these electronic cigarettes most preferably incorporate tobacco and / or tobacco-derived components and therefore deliver tobacco-derived components in the form of an aerosol.

[00149] Aerosol generating components of certain preferred aerosol delivery devices can provide many of the sensations (for example, inhalation and exhalation rituals, types of flavors or aromas, organoleptic effects, physical sensation, usage rituals, visual cues, such as those provided by the visible aerosol, and the like) of smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe that are used to light and burn tobacco (and therefore inhale tobacco smoke), without any substantial degree of combustion of any component thereof. For example, the user of an aerosol delivery device according to some example implementations of the present disclosure can hold and use this component much like a smoker employs a traditional type of smoking article, sucking on one end of that piece for inhalation of the aerosol produced by this piece, take or suck puffs at selected time intervals and so on.

[00150] Although the systems are generally described in this document in terms of implementations associated with aerosol delivery devices, such as so-called "electronic cigarettes" or "tobacco heating products", it should be understood that the mechanisms, components, features and methods can be incorporated in many different forms and associated with a variety of articles. For example, the description provided in this document can be used in conjunction with implementations of traditional smoking articles (for example, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.), cigarettes that heat without burning, and related packaging for any of the products disclosed in this document. document. Therefore, it should be understood that the description of the mechanisms, components, resources and methods disclosed in this document are discussed in terms of implementations related to aerosol delivery devices just by way of example and can be incorporated and used in various other products and methods .

[00151] The aerosol delivery devices of the present disclosure can also be characterized as being articles of steam production or articles of drug delivery. Thus, such articles or devices can be adapted to provide one or more substances (for example, flavors and / or active pharmaceutical ingredients) in an inhalable form or state. For example, inhalable substances can be substantially in the form of vapor (that is, a substance that is in the gas phase at a temperature below its critical point). Alternatively, the inhalable substances can be in the form of an aerosol (i.e., a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas). For the sake of simplicity, the term "aerosol", as used herein, is intended to include vapors, gases and aerosols in a form or type suitable for human inhalation, whether or not visible, and whether or not in a form which can be considered as type smoke. The physical form of the inhalable substance is not necessarily limited by the nature of the inventive devices, but it may depend on the nature of the medium and the inhalable substance itself to determine whether it exists in a vapor state or an aerosol state. In some implementations, the terms may be interchangeable. Thus, for simplicity, the terms used to describe aspects of the disclosure are understood as interchangeable, unless otherwise indicated.

[00152] The aerosol delivery devices of the present disclosure generally include a number of components provided within an outer body or shell, which can be referred to as a housing. The overall design of the outer body or shell may vary, and the shape or configuration of the outer body that can define the overall size and shape of the aerosol delivery device may vary. Normally, an elongated body similar to the shape of a cigarette or cigar can be formed from a single, unitary housing or the elongated housing can be formed from two or more separable bodies. For example, an aerosol delivery device may comprise an elongated housing or body that may be substantially tubular in shape and, as such, resemble the shape of a conventional cigarette or cigar. In one example, all components of the aerosol delivery device are contained within a housing. Alternatively, an aerosol delivery device can comprise two or more housings that are joined and are separable. For example, an aerosol delivery device may have at one end a control body comprising a housing containing one or more reusable components (for example, an accumulator, such as a rechargeable battery and / or rechargeable supercapacitor, and various electronics to control the operation of that article), and at the other end and removably attachable to it, an outer body or shell containing a disposable portion (for example, an aerosol source member containing disposable aroma). More specific component formats, configurations and arrangements within the type of single housing unit or within a type of separable housing unit from several pieces will be evident in the light of the additional disclosure provided in this document. In addition, various designs of aerosol delivery devices and component arrangements can be appreciated after consideration of commercially available electronic aerosol delivery devices.

[00153] As will be discussed in more detail below, the aerosol delivery devices of the present disclosure comprise some combination of a power source (i.e., an electrical power source), at least one control component (for example, means to activate, control, regulate and interrupt the energy for heat generation, as by controlling the flow of electric current from the power source to other components of the article - for example, a microprocessor, individually or as part of a microcontroller ), a heater or heat generating member (for example, an electrical resistance heating element or other component and / or an inductive coil or other associated components and / or one or more radiant heating elements), and a member of aerosol source that includes a portion of substrate capable of producing an aerosol upon application of sufficient heat. In various implementations, the aerosol source member may include an end or mouth tip configured to suck the aerosol delivery device for aerosol inhalation (for example, an air flow path defined through the article so that the generated aerosol can be removed by suction).

[00154] The alignment of components within the aerosol delivery device of the present disclosure can vary in various implementations. In some implementations, the substrate material can be positioned next to a heating element in order to maximize aerosol delivery to the user. Other settings, however, are not deleted. Generally, the heating element can be positioned close enough to the substrate material so that the heat from the heating element can volatilize the substrate material (as well as, in some implementations, one or more flavorings, medicaments or the like that can also be used. delivered to a user) and form an aerosol for delivery to the user. When the heating element heats the substrate material, an aerosol is formed,

released or generated in a physical form suitable for inhalation by a consumer. It should be noted that the previous terms are intended to be interchangeable, so that the reference to release, release, release or released includes form or generate, form or generate, form or generate and formed or generated. Specifically, an inhalable substance is released in the form of a vapor or aerosol or a mixture thereof, where such terms are also used interchangeably, except where otherwise specified.

[00155] As noted above, the aerosol delivery device of various implementations may incorporate a battery and / or other source of electrical power to provide sufficient current flow to provide various features to the aerosol delivery device, such as feeding an element heating, control system power, indicator power and the like. As will be discussed in more detail below, the power source can take on several implementations. Preferably, the power source may be able to deliver sufficient energy to rapidly activate the heating member to provide aerosol formation and feed the aerosol delivery device through use for a desired period of time. The power source is preferably sized to fit conveniently within the aerosol delivery device so that the aerosol delivery device can be easily handled. Examples of useful power sources include lithium-ion batteries that are preferably rechargeable (for example, a rechargeable lithium-manganese dioxide battery). In particular, lithium polymer batteries can be used, as these batteries can provide greater security. Other types of batteries - for example, N50-AAA CADNICA nickel-cadmium cells - can also be used. In addition, a preferred power source is light enough to not harm a desirable smoking experience. Some examples of possible power sources are described in U.S. Patent No. 9,484,155 to Peckerar et al., And U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0112191 to Sur et al., Filed on October 21, 2015 , whose disclosures are incorporated in this document by reference in their respective integralities.

[00156] In other implementations, the power source can also comprise a capacitor. Capacitors are able to discharge more quickly than batteries, and can be charged between puffs, allowing the battery to discharge to the capacitor at a lower rate than if it were used to power the heating element directly. For example, a supercapacitor - for example, a double layer electric capacitor (EDLC) - can be used separately or in combination with a battery. When used alone, the supercapacitor can be recharged before each use of the item. Thus, the device can also include a charger component that can be attached to the smoking article between uses to replenish the supercapacitor.

[00157] Other components can be used in the aerosol delivery device of the present disclosure. For example, the aerosol delivery device may include a flow sensor that is sensitive to changes in pressure or changes in air flow as the consumer sucks the article (for example, a blow-actuated switch). Other possible current activation / deactivation mechanisms may include a temperature-activated on / off switch or a lip-pressure switch. An example of a mechanism that can provide such a blow drive capability includes a Model 163PC01D36 silicon sensor, manufactured by the MicroSwitch division of Honeywell, Inc., Freeport, Ill. Flow sensors, current regulation components and other control components representative currents, including various microcontrollers, sensors and switches for aerosol delivery devices are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,735,217 to Gerth et al., U.S. Patent Nos. 4,922,901, 4,947,874 and 4,947,875, all by Brooks et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,372,148 to McCafferty et al., US Patent No. 6,040,560 to Fleischhauer et al., US Patent No. 7,040,314 to Nguyen et al., And U.S. Patent No. 8,205,622 to Pan, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Reference is also made to the control schemes described in U.S. Patent No. 9,423,152 to Ampolini et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00158] In another example, a personal vaporizer unit may comprise a first conductive surface configured to contact a user's first body part holding the personal vaporizer unit and a second conductive surface, conductively isolated from the first conductive surface , configured to contact a second user body part. As such, when the personal vaporizer unit detects a change in conductivity between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface, a vaporizer is activated to vaporize a substance so that the vapors can be inhaled by the user holding unit. The first body part and the second body part can be a lip or parts of a hand (s). The two conductive surfaces can also be used to charge a battery contained in the personal vaporizer unit. The two conductive surfaces can also form, or form part of, a connector that can be used to output data stored in memory. Reference is made to U.S. Patent No. 9,861,773 to Terry et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00159] In addition, U.S. Patent No. 5,154,192 to Sprinkel et al. discloses indicators for tobacco articles; U.S. Patent No. 5,261,424 to Sprinkel, Jr. discloses piezoelectric sensors that can be attached to the mouth end of a device to detect the user's lip activity associated with taking a suction and then triggering the heating of a heating device ; U.S. Patent No. 5,372,148 to McCafferty et al. discloses a blow sensor to control the flow of energy to a heating charge matrix in response to pressure drop through a nozzle; US Patent No.

5,967,148 by Harris et al. discloses receptacles in a smoke device that include an identifier that detects a non-uniformity in the infrared transmissivity of an inserted component and a controller that performs a detection routine when the component is inserted into the receptacle; U.S. Patent No. 6,040,560 to Fleischhauer et al. describes an executable power cycle defined with multiple differential phases; U.S. Patent No. 5,934,289 to Watkins et al. discloses photonic-optronic components; U.S. Patent No. 5,954,979 to Counts et al. discloses means for changing suction resistance through a smoking device; U.S. Patent No. 6,803,545 to Blake et al. discloses specific battery configurations for use in smoking devices; U.S. Patent No. 7,293,565 to Griffen et al. discloses various charging systems for use with smoking devices; U.S. Patent No. 8,402,976 to Fernando et al. discloses computer interface means for smoking devices to facilitate loading and allow computer control of the device; U.S. Patent No. 8,689,804 to Fernando et al. discloses identification systems for smoking devices; and PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 2010/003480 to Flick discloses a fluid flow detection system indicative of a puff in an aerosol generating system; all prior disclosures being incorporated into this document by reference in their entirety.

[00160] Other examples of components related to electronic aerosol delivery articles and disclosing materials or components that can be used in the present device include U.S. Patent No. 4,735,217 to Gerth et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,249,586 to Morgan et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,666,977 to Higgins et al .; U.S. Patent No. 6,053,176 to Adams et al .; U.S. Patent No. 6,164,287 to White; U.S. Patent No. 6,196,218 to Voges; U.S. Patent No. 6,810,883 to Felter et al .; U.S. Patent No. 6,854,461 to Nichols; US Patent No. 7,832,410 to Hon; U.S. Patent No. 7,513,253 to Kobayashi; U.S. Patent No. 7,896,006 to Hamano; US Patent No.

6,772,756 to Shayan; US Patent Nos. 8,156,944 and

8,375,957 to Hon; U.S. Patent No. 8,794,231 to Thorens et al .; U.S. Patent No. 8,851,083 to Oglesby et al .; U.S. Patent 8,915,254 and 8,925,555 to Monsees et al .; U.S. Patent No. 9,220,302 to DePiano et al .; US Patent Application Publications Nos. Hon 2006/0196518 and Hon 2009/0188490; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0024834 by Oglesby et al .; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0307518 to Wang; PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 2010/091593 to Hon; and PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 2013/089551 to Foo, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In addition, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0099877 by Worm et al., Filed on October 13, 2015, discloses capsules that can be included in aerosol delivery devices and keychain configurations for devices aerosol delivery, and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. A variety of the materials disclosed by the previous documents can be incorporated into the present devices in various implementations and all previous disclosures are incorporated in this document by reference in their entirety.

[00161] More specific formats, configurations and arrangements of various substrate materials, aerosol source members and components within the aerosol delivery devices of the present disclosure will be evident in light of the additional disclosure provided below. Besides that,

the selection of various components of the aerosol delivery device can be appreciated taking into account the commercially available electronic aerosol delivery devices. In addition, the arrangement of components within the aerosol delivery device can also be appreciated after considering the commercially available electronic aerosol delivery devices.

[00162] In this regard, Figure 1 illustrates an aerosol delivery device 100 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. The aerosol delivery device 100 can include a control body 102 and an aerosol source member 104. In various implementations, the aerosol source member 104 and the control body 102 can be permanently or peelably aligned in one functional relationship. In this regard, Figure 1 illustrates the aerosol delivery device 100 in a coupled configuration, while Figure 2 illustrates the aerosol delivery device 100 in an uncoupled configuration. Various mechanisms can connect the aerosol source member 104 to the control body 102 to result in a threaded engagement, a pressure engagement engagement, an interference engagement, a sliding engagement, a magnetic engagement or the like.

[00163] In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device 100 according to the present disclosure can have a variety of general shapes, including, but not limited to, a general shape that can be defined as being substantially rod-like or substantially in-line. tubular or substantially cylindrical. In the implementations of Figures 1-3, device 100 has a substantially round cross section; however, other cross-sectional shapes (eg, oval, square, triangle, etc.) are also covered by the present disclosure. Such language that is descriptive of the physical form of the article can also be applied to the individual components of the article, including the control body 102 and the aerosol source member 104. In other implementations, the control body can take on another portable form, such as a small box.

[00164] In specific implementations, one or both of the control body 102 and the aerosol source member 104 may be referred to as being disposable or reusable. For example, the control body 102 can have a replaceable battery or a rechargeable battery, solid state battery, thin film solid state battery, rechargeable supercapacitor or the like and therefore can be combined with any type of charging technology, including connecting to a wall charger, connecting to a car charger (i.e. cigarette lighter receptacle), and connecting to a computer, such as via a universal serial bus (USB) cable or connector (for example, USB 2.0 , 3.0, 3.1, USB Type C), connection to a photovoltaic cell (sometimes called a solar cell) or solar cell solar panel, a wireless charger, such as a charger that uses inductive wireless charging (including, for example, wireless charging according to the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) standard Qi wireless charging, or a wireless radio frequency (RF) based charger. An example of an inductive wireless charging system is described in

US Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0112196 by Sur et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In addition, in some implementations, the aerosol source member 104 may comprise a single use device. A single-use component for use with a control body is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 8,910,639 to Chang et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00165] In the depicted implementation, the aerosol source member 104 comprises a heated end 106, which is configured to be inserted into the control body 102, and a mouth end 108, on which a user sucks to create the aerosol. At least a portion of the heated end 106 may include a portion of substrate

110. As discussed in more detail below, in some implementations, the substrate portion 110 may comprise non-tobacco material, tobacco material, grains containing tobacco, pieces of tobacco, tobacco strips, reconstituted tobacco material or combinations thereof and / or a mixture of finely ground tobacco, tobacco extract, spray dried tobacco extract, or other form of tobacco mixed with optional inorganic materials (such as calcium carbonate), optional flavorings, and aerosol forming materials to form a substrate substantially solid or semi-solid. Representative types of solid and semi-solid constructions and formulations are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 8,424,538 to Thomas et al .; U.S. Patent No. 8,464,726 to Sebastian et al .; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0083150 by Conner et al .; Publication of Request for

U.S. Patent No. 2015/0157052 to Ademe et al .; and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2017-0000188 by Nordskog et al., filed June 30, 2015, all of which are incorporated by reference in this document in their entirety. Other examples of substrates are described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0255702 by Griffith et al., The disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00166] In various implementations, the aerosol source member 104, or a portion thereof, can be wrapped in an outer overwrap material 112 (see Figure 3). In various implementations, the mouth end 108 of the aerosol source member 104 may include a filter 114, which may, for example, be made of cellulose acetate or polypropylene material. Filter 114 may additionally or alternatively contain strands of tobacco-containing material, as described in U.S. Patent No.

5,025,814 to Raker et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In various implementations, filter 114 can increase the structural integrity of the mouth end of the aerosol source member and / or provide filtering capability, if desired, and / or provide suction resistance. The external overwrap material may comprise a material that resists heat transfer, which may include paper or other fibrous material, such as a cellulose material. The outer overwrap material can also include at least one filler material embedded or dispersed within the fibrous material. In various implementations, the filler material may be in the form of water-insoluble particles.

In addition, the filler can incorporate inorganic components. In many implementations, the outer overwrap can be formed by multiple layers, such as an underlying bulk layer and an overlapping layer, like a typical wrapping paper in a cigarette. Such materials may include, for example, light "cloth fibers" such as linen, hemp, sisal, rice straw and / or esparto. The outer overwrap can also include a material typically used in a filter element of a conventional cigarette, such as cellulose acetate. In addition, an excess length of the outer overwrap at the mouth end108 of the aerosol source member can function simply to separate the substrate portion 110 from a consumer's mouth, or to provide space for positioning a material filter, as described below, or to affect suction in the article or affect the flow characteristics of the vapor or aerosol exiting the device during suction. Further discussions related to configurations for external wrap materials that can be used with this disclosure can be found in U.S. Patent No.

9,078,473 by Worm et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00167] In various implementations, other components may exist between the substrate portion 110 and the mouth end 108 of the aerosol source member 104, where the mouth end 108 may include a filter 114. For example, in some implementations , any or any combination of the following may be positioned between the substrate portion 110 and the mouth end 108 of the aerosol source member 104: an air gap; a hollow tube structure; phase change materials for air cooling; aroma release means; ion exchange fibers capable of selective chemical adsorption; airgel particles as a filter medium; and other suitable materials.

[00168] As will be discussed in more detail below, the present disclosure is configured for use with a conductive and / or inductive heat source to heat a substrate material to form an aerosol. In various implementations, a conductive heat source can comprise a heating assembly that comprises a resistive heating element. Resistive heating elements can be configured to produce heat when an electric current is directed through them. Electrically conductive materials useful as resistive heating elements can be those having low mass, low density and moderate resistivity and which are thermally stable at the temperatures experienced during use. Useful heating elements heat and cool quickly and therefore provide efficient use of energy. Rapid heating of the element can be beneficial to provide almost immediate volatilization of an aerosol precursor material close to it. Rapid cooling prevents substantial volatilization (and, therefore, waste) of the aerosol precursor material during periods when aerosol formation is not desired. These heating elements can also allow for a relatively precise control of the temperature range experienced by the aerosol precursor material, especially when time-based current control is employed. Useful electrically conductive materials are preferably not chemically reactive with the materials being heated (for example, aerosol precursor materials and other inhalable substance materials) so as not to adversely affect the aroma or the content of the aerosol or vapor that is produced. Exemplary, non-limiting materials that can be used as the electrically conductive material include carbon, graphite, carbon / graphite compounds, metals, ceramics, such as metallic and non-metallic carbides, nitrides, oxides, silicides, intermetallic compounds, cermets, metal alloys and metal sheets. In particular, refractory materials can be useful. Several different materials can be mixed to achieve the desired properties of resistivity, mass and thermal conductivity. In specific implementations, metals that can be used include, for example, nickel, chromium, nickel and chromium alloys (eg, nichrome) and steel. Materials that may be useful for providing resistive heating are described in U.S. Patent No. 5,060,671 to Counts et al .; US Patent Nos.

5,093,894 to Deevi et al .; 5,224,498 to Deevi et al .; 5,228,460 by Sprinkel Jr., et al .; 5,322,075 by Deevi et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,353,813 to Deevi et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,468,936 to Deevi et al .; US Patent No.

5,498,850 to Das; U.S. Patent No. 5,659,656 to Das; U.S. Patent No. 5,498,855 to Deevi et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,530,225 to Hajaligol; U.S. Patent No. 5,665,262 to Hajaligol; U.S. Patent No. 5,573,692 to Das et al .; and U.S. Patent No. 5,591,368 to Fleischhauer et al., the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[00169] In various implementations, the heating member can be provided in a variety of forms, such as in the form of a leaf, a foam, a mesh, a hollow ball, a half ball, discs, spirals, fibers, threads, films , wires, strips, tapes or cylinders. Such heating elements often comprise a metallic material and are configured to produce heat as a result of the electrical resistance associated with the passage of an electrical current through it. These resistive heating elements can be positioned in proximity and / or in direct contact with the substrate portion. The heating assembly or heating member may be located on the control body and / or the aerosol source member, as will be discussed in more detail below. In various implementations, the substrate portion may include components (i.e., heat conducting constituents) that are embedded in, or otherwise part of, the substrate portion that may serve as, or facilitate the function of, the set of heating. Some examples of various members and heating members are described in U.S. Patent No. 9,078,473 to Worm et al., The disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00170] Some non-limiting examples of various configurations of heating members include configurations in which a heating element or member is placed in proximity to an aerosol source member. For example, in some examples, at least a portion of a heating member may involve at least a portion of an aerosol source member. In other examples, one or more heating members can be positioned adjacent an exterior of an aerosol source member when inserted into a control body. In other examples, at least a portion of a heating member can penetrate at least a portion of an aerosol source member (such as, for example, one or more pins and / or tips that penetrate an aerosol source member) , when the aerosol source member is inserted into the control body.

[00171] In various implementations, the heating member can take a variety of forms. For example, in one implementation, the heating member may comprise a cylinder or other heating device located in the control body 102. In various implementations, the heating member may be constructed of one or more conductive materials, including, but not limited to, limiting to, copper, aluminum, platinum, gold, silver, iron, steel, brass, bronze, carbon (for example, graphite) or any combination thereof. In various implementations, the heating member can also be coated with any of these or other conductive materials. The heating member can be located close to an engaging end of the control body 102 and can be configured to substantially surround a portion of the heated end 106 of the aerosol source member 104 that includes the substrate portion 110. the heating member can be located close to the substrate portion 110 of the aerosol source member 104 when the aerosol source member is inserted into the control body

102.

[00172] As will be discussed in more detail below, in various implementations, one or more heat conducting constituents can be located inside and / or on the surface of a substrate. Although in some implementations, the substrate can comprise a sheet, in other implementations, the substrate can take a variety of different forms. In various implementations, the substrate can be used to create a substrate portion of an aerosol source member. As such, in various implementations, when the heating element is heated, the heat conducting constituents increase the heat conduction within the substrate portion. Although in some implementations the heating member may comprise a cylinder, it should be noted that in other implementations, the heating member may take a variety of forms and, in some implementations, may make direct contact with and / or penetrate the substrate portion .

[00173] As described above, in addition to being configured for use with a conductive heat source, the present disclosure can also be configured for use with an inductive heat source to heat a portion of substrate to form an aerosol. In various implementations, an inductive heat source can comprise a resonant transformer, which can comprise a resonant transmitter and a resonant receiver (for example, a susceptor). In some implementations, the resonant transmitter may be located in the control body 102 and the substrate portion may include heat conducting constituents that comprise the resonant receiver. In other implementations, the heat conducting constituents can facilitate the function of a separate resonant receiver, or they can provide an additional resonant receiver.

[00174] For example, in some implementations, the control body 102 may include a resonant transmitter, which, for example, may comprise a sheet material, a coil, a cylinder or other structure configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field. In some implementations, the heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion may comprise the resonant receiver so that an alternating current is induced in the heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion. In other implementations, the heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion can facilitate the function of a separate resonant receiver or can serve as a second resonant receiver so that an alternating current is induced in the heat conductive constituents in addition to a separate resonant receiver that , in some implementations, may be located in the control body 102. For example, in several implementations, a resonant receiver located in the control body 102 may comprise one or more pins that extend into the substrate portion or are surrounded by the portion of substrate substrate. Other possible components of the resonant transformer, including resonant transmitters and resonant receivers, are described in U.S. Patent Application No. 15 / 799,365, filed October 31, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00175] In other implementations, a resonant transmitter may comprise a helical coil configured to circumscribe a cavity in which an aerosol source member, and in particular, a substrate portion of an aerosol source member, is received.

In some implementations, the helical coil may be located between an external wall of the device and the receiving cavity.

In one implementation, the coil windings can have a circular cross-sectional shape; however, in other implementations, coil windings can have a variety of other cross-sectional shapes, including, but not limited to, oval shape, rectangular shape, L shape, T shape, triangular shape and combinations thereof .

In another implementation, a pin may extend into a portion of the receiving cavity, where the pin may comprise the resonant transmitter, including a coil structure around or within the pin.

In various implementations, an aerosol source member can be received in the receiving cavity where one or more components of the aerosol source member can serve as the resonant receptor.

For example, in some implementations, the heat conducting constituents of the substrate portion may comprise the resonant receptor.

In other implementations, the heat conducting constituents can facilitate the function of a separate resonant receptor (such as, for example, a pin, rod and / or receptor particles) that is located in the aerosol source member.

As noted above, in various implementations of the present disclosure, an aerosol source member may comprise a substrate portion that includes a substrate material.

In various implementations, the substrate material can comprise a substrate sheet.

Figure 4 is a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet 200 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In particular, Figure 4 illustrates a fused substrate sheet 200 comprising an aerosol generating substrate. In the particular implementation illustrated in Figure 4, the substrate sheet 200 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. In some implementations, the fibrous filler material may comprise a material derived from a non-tobacco plant, such as a cellulose pulp material. In other implementations, the tobacco-free filler may not be a plant-derived material.

[00176] In various implementations, tobacco materials that may be useful in the present disclosure may vary and may include, for example, smoke cured tobacco, burley tobacco, oriental tobacco or Maryland tobacco, dark tobacco, dark burnt tobacco, and tobacco Rustica, also like other rare or special tobacco, or mixtures thereof. Tobacco materials may also include so-called "combined" shapes and processed shapes, such as processed tobacco stems (for example, cut-laminated or cut-puffed stems), expanded volume tobacco (for example, puffed tobacco, such as expanded tobacco dry ice (DIET), preferably in the form of cut filler), reconstituted tobacco (for example, reconstituted tobacco manufactured using paper-type or molten sheet processes). Various representative types of tobacco, types of processed tobacco and types of tobacco mixtures are disclosed in U.S. Patents 4,836,224 to Lawson et al .; 4,924,888 to Perfetti et al .; 5,056,537 to Brown et al .; 5,159,942 to Brinkley et al .; 5,220,930 to Gentry;

5,360,023 to Blakley et al .; 6,701,936 to Shafer et al .;

7,011,096 to Li et al .; and 7,017,585 by Li et al .; 7,025,066 to Lawson et al .; U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004-0255965 by Perfetti et al .; PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 02/37990 to Bereman; and Bombick et al., Fund. Appl. Toxicol., 39, p. 11-17 (1997); which are incorporated into this document by reference in their entirety. Other exemplary tobacco compositions that may be useful are disclosed in U.S. Patent No.

7,726,320 by Robinson et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00177] In various implementations, the filler material may comprise other fibrous materials, including, but not limited to, hemp, flax, sisal, rice straw and / or esparto. In several other implementations, the filling material may comprise tobacco reconstituted by itself or combined with other filling materials. Exemplary ways and methods for providing a reconstituted tobacco leaf, including casting and papermaking techniques, are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,674,519 to Keritsis et al .; U.S. Patent No. 4,941,484 to Clapp et al .; U.S. Patent No. 4,987,906 to Young et al .; US Patent No.

4,972,854 to Kiernan et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,099,864 to Young et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,143,097 to Sohn et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,159,942 to Brinkley et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,322,076 to Brinkley et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,339,838 to Young et al .; US Patent No.

5,377,698 by Litzinger et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,501,237 to Young; and U.S. Patent No. 6,216,707 to Kumar; each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In some cases, processed tobacco, such as certain types of reconstituted tobacco, can be used as longitudinally extending yarns. See, for example, the type of configuration set forth in US Patent No. 5,025,814 to Raker, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In addition, certain types of reconstituted tobacco leaves can be formed, rolled or assembled in a desired configuration. In still other implementations, the fibrous material may comprise inorganic fibers of various types (for example, fiberglass, metal wires / screens, etc.) and / or synthetic (organic) polymers. In several implementations, these "fibrous" materials can be unstructured (for example, randomly distributed like cellulose fibers in the molten tobacco sheet) or structured (for example, a wire mesh).

[00178] In some implementations, the aerosol forming material may comprise glycerin or propylene glycol. Preferred aerosol forming materials include polyhydric alcohols (e.g., glycerin, propylene glycol and triethylene glycol) and / or water and any other materials that produce a visible aerosol, as well as any combinations thereof. Representative types of aerosol forming materials are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,793,365 by Sensabaugh, Jr. et al .; and 5,101,839 by Jakob et al .; PCT Patent Application Publication No. WO 98/57556 by Biggs et al .; and Studies

Chemicals and Biologicals on New Prototypes of Cigarettes that Heat Instead of Burning Tobacco, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Monograph (1988); which are incorporated into this document by reference in their entirety.

[00179] As noted above, the present disclosure incorporates a binder material. In the implementation shown, the binder material comprises an ammonium alginate. Preferred binder materials include alginates, such as ammonium alginate, propylene glycol alginate, potassium alginate and sodium alginate. Alginates, and particularly high viscosity alginates, can be used in conjunction with controlled levels of free calcium ions. Other suitable binding materials include hydroxypropylcellulose, such as Klucel H from Aqualon Co .; hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, such as Methocel K4MS from The Dow Chemical Co .; hydroxyethylcellulose, such as Natrosol 250 MRCS from Aqualon Co .; microcrystalline cellulose, such as Avicel from FMC; methylcellulose, such as Methocel A4M from The Dow Chemical Co .; and sodium carboxymethylcellulose, such as CMC 7HF and CMC 7H4F from Hercules Inc. Still other possible binding materials include starches (e.g., corn starch), guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, pectins and xanthan gum. In some implementations, combinations or mixtures of two or more binding materials may be employed. Other examples of binding materials are described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,101,839 to Jakob et al .; and U.S. Patent No. 4,924,887 to Raker et al., each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In some implementations, aerosol forming material may be provided as a portion of the binder material (for example, propylene glycol alginate). In addition, in some implementations, the binder material may comprise nanocellulose derived from tobacco or other biomass. In some other implementations, the linker may include a cyclodextrin.

[00180] Some implementations may also comprise additional components, such as, for example, a heat retardant or flame / burning material, such as ammonium phosphate. In some implementations, other flame retardant / burning materials and additives may be included within the substrate sheet and may include organo-phosphor compounds, borax, hydrated alumina, graphite, potassium tripolyphosphate, dipentaerythritol, pentaerythritol and polyols. Others, such as salts of nitrogenous phosphonic acid, monoammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, ammonium bromide, ammonium borate, ethanolammonium borate, ammonium sulfamate, halogenated organic compounds, thiourea and antimony oxides can also be used. In each aspect of the flame retardant, burn retardant and / or burn retardant materials used in the substrate material and / or other components (alone or in combination with each other and / or other materials), the desirable properties are preferably supplied without undesirable gasification or melting behavior. Various ways and methods for incorporating tobacco into tobacco articles and, in particular, tobacco articles that are designed so as not to purposely burn all the tobacco contained in these tobacco articles are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,947,874 to Brooks et al .; U.S. Patent No. 7,647,932 to Cantrell et al .; U.S. Patent No. 8,079,371 to Robinson et al .; U.S. Patent No. 7,290,549 to Banerjee et al .; and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0215167 by Crooks et al .; whose disclosures are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Additional additives and other possible enhancing constituents are described in U.S. Patent Application No. 15 / 707,461 to Phillips et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00181] The aerosol generating substrate can also include a plurality of heat conducting constituents. In various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material, a carbon material (for example, graphite) or any combination of them. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the illustrated implementation, the heat conducting constituents comprise a plurality of metal fibers 202 which are mixed with the other components of the substrate sheet 200 (for example, the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material and binder material). In some implementations, the substrate material may comprise a molten sheet, inside and / or on top of which the heat conducting constituents are included. In other implementations, the substrate material may comprise a combination of a molten sheet and reconstituted tobacco, within and / or on top of which the heat conducting constituents are included. In still other implementations, the substrate material may comprise reconstituted tobacco, within and / or on top of which the heat conducting constituents are included. In particular, in some implementations, the substrate material may comprise approximately 75% - 100% (and in some implementations, approximately 90%) of molten sheet and approximately 0% - 25% (and in some implementations, approximately 10%). reconstituted tobacco, in addition to the heat-conducting constituents. In other implementations, the substrate material may comprise approximately 100% of reconstituted tobacco, in addition to the heat conducting constituents. In various implementations, the amount of heat-conducting constituents and / or the amount of non-conductive materials can vary according to the specific requirements of the substrate material and / or an aerosol source member incorporating the substrate material.

[00182] Likewise, in various implementations, the relative amounts of the elements within each component may vary according to the specific requirements of the substrate material and / or an aerosol source member incorporating the substrate material. For example, in an example implementation that includes a fused leaf component and a reconstituted tobacco component, the amount of aerosol forming material (e.g., glycerin) in the fused leaf component can be approximately 30% - 60% , and the amount of aerosol-forming material (e.g., glycerin)

in the component of reconstituted tobacco it can be approximately 10% - 25%. In another example implementation that includes approximately 100% reconstituted tobacco, the amount of aerosol-forming material (for example, glycerin) can be approximately 5% - 40%, and the amount of aerosol-forming material (for example , glycerin) in the reconstituted tobacco component can be approximately 10% - 25%.

[00183] In the example implementation shown, the non-heat-conducting components of the substrate sheet 200 may comprise approximately 38% cut tobacco, approximately 53% glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate . In another related but non-tobacco implementation, the substrate sheet 200 may comprise approximately 38% cellulose pulp, approximately 53% glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate. In yet another related implementation, the substrate sheet may comprise approximately 90% reconstituted tobacco, approximately 8% cellulose pulp and approximately 2% potassium carbonate. In some implementations, the reconstituted tobacco may have an aerosol forming material absorbed and / or loaded into it. For example, some implementations may have glycerin loaded in tobacco reconstituted in, or within a range of 20% - 50%. Regardless of the composition of the rest of the mixture, it should be noted that the amount of heat-conducting constituents added to the mix can vary according to various implementations and, thus, the relative amount of heat-conducting constituents can be adjusted to meet particular requirements. It should be noted that the heat conducting constituents, as well as any of the other portions or components of the substrate materials and aerosol source members depicted in the figures of the present disclosure, are represented as such for ease of illustration and thus the size and the relative shape of the heat conducting constituents and the other portions or components of the substrate materials and aerosol source members are not necessarily representative of the size and shape of such elements in practice.

[00184] In any case, in some implementations, the substrate sheet 200 can be constructed using a casting process, such as that described in U.S. Patent No. 5,697,385, by Seymour et al., The disclosure of which is incorporated in this document by reference in its entirety. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material, the binder material and the plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting substrate sheet 200 includes the plurality of metal fibers 202 randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the substrate sheet 200. Thus, by substantially randomly distributing the heat-conducting constituents within the substrate sheet, the heat conduction of the substrate sheet (or a portion of substrate created from the substrate sheet) can be increased in all directions. Other examples of casting and papermaking techniques are presented in U.S. Patent No. 4,674,519 to Keritsis et al .; U.S. Patent No. 4,941,484 to Clapp et al .; US Patent No.

4,987,906 to Young et al .; U.S. Patent No. 4,972,854 to Kiernan et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,099,864 to Young et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,143,097 to Sohn et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,159,942 to Brinkley et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,322,076 to Brinkley et al .; US Patent No.

5,339,838 to Young et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,377,698 to Litzinger et al .; U.S. Patent No. 5,501,237 to Young; and U.S. Patent No. 6,216,706 to Kumar; whose disclosures are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

[00185] Figure 5 is a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet 300 according to another example implementation of the present disclosure. In particular, Figure 5 illustrates a molten substrate sheet 300 comprising the aerosol generating substrate. In the particular implementation illustrated in Figure 5, the substrate sheet 300 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material (for example, graphite), a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material, and / or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric and / or any combination thereof.

[00186] In the implementation shown, the heat conducting constituents comprise a series of bands 302, separated by a series of spaces 304 between them, so that a segmented pattern is formed. In addition, in the illustrated implementation, the series of bands 302 comprising the heat conducting constituents is formed on the surface of the substrate sheet 300. It should be noted that although the bands 302 are shown substantially transversal to a longitudinal axis of the sheet 300, in other implementations, the bands can be configured at any angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sheet, including, for example, substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sheet or angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sheet. As such, and as will be discussed in more detail below, in various implementations of an aerosol source member in which a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the resulting bands may have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, including, for example, substantially transversal to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member (see, for example, Figures 8 and 9) or, for example, substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member or angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the source member.

[00187] In various implementations, prior to the addition of the heat-conducting constituents, the substrate sheet 300 can be constructed as noted above. For example, while the relative amounts of the other (i.e., non-heat-conducting constituents) components of the substrate sheet 300 may vary, in some implementations, those components of the substrate sheet 300 may comprise approximately 38% cut tobacco, approximately 53 % glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate. In other implementations, sheet 300 may comprise approximately 38% cellulose pulp, approximately 53% glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate. As noted above, in some implementations, the substrate sheet 300 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness. As noted above, regardless of the composition of the rest of the mixture, it should be noted that the amount of heat conducting constituents added to the mix can vary according to various implementations and therefore the relative amount of heat conducting constituents can be adjusted to suit specific requirements.

[00188] In various implementations, the segmented pattern can be created in a variety of ways, including, for example, by selective adhesion, metal printing, lamination and / or stitching on the formed substrate sheet 300. For example, in an implementation , bands 302 can be created by selective powder coating of heat conducting constituents on a surface of the substrate sheet

300. In another implementation, bands 302 can be created by electrostatically attracting heat-conducting constituents to a surface of the substrate sheet 300 and adhering the material in the segmented pattern to the substrate sheet

300. In another implementation, bands 302 can be created using a mask model. In another implementation, bands 302 can be created by printing a conductive metallic material (i.e., heat conducting constituents) on a surface of the substrate sheet 300 in the segmented pattern. In another implementation, the heat conducting constituents (for example, in the form of conductive threads) can be sewn onto the surface of the substrate sheet 300 so that the segmented pattern is formed. In this way, by positioning the heat conducting constituents in a segmented pattern on the substrate sheet, the heat conduction of the substrate sheet or of a substrate portion created from the substrate sheet can be increased in a unidirectional manner.

[00189] Figure 14 is a schematic drawing of a substrate sheet 1200 according to another example implementation of the present disclosure. In particular, Figure 14 illustrates a molten substrate sheet 1200 comprising the aerosol generating substrate. In the particular implementation illustrated in Figure 14, the substrate sheet 1200 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon material (for example, graphite), a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material, and / or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the implementation shown, the heat conducting constituents comprise a metal mesh 1202 which is laminated on the substrate sheet 1200. It should be noted that, although the mesh 1202 is shown so that its pattern is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the sheet 1200 , in other implementations, the mesh can be configured at any angle in relation to a longitudinal axis of the sheet. As such, and as will be discussed in more detail below, in various implementations of an aerosol source member where a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the mesh can have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member.

[00190] In various implementations, prior to the addition of the heat conducting constituents, the substrate sheet 1200 can be constructed as noted above. For example, although the relative amounts of the other (i.e., non-heat-conducting constituents) components of the substrate sheet 1200 may vary, in some implementations, those components of the substrate sheet 300 may comprise approximately 38% cut tobacco, approximately 53 % glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate. In other implementations, sheet 300 may comprise approximately 38% cellulose pulp, approximately 53% glycerin, approximately 6% ammonium alginate and approximately 3% ammonium phosphate. As noted above, in some implementations, the substrate sheet 1200 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness. As noted above, regardless of the composition of the rest of the mixture, it should be noted that the amount of heat conducting constituents added to the mix can vary according to various implementations and therefore the relative amount of heat conducting constituents can be adjusted to suit specific requirements.

[00191] Figure 6 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 400 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the illustrated embodiment, the aerosol source member 400 includes a substrate portion 402 and a mouth end portion 404. In various implementations, the substrate portion 402 may comprise a collection of interleaved pieces 406 that are cut from a initial substrate sheet.

For example, in the depicted implementation, the collection of interleaved pieces 406 that are cut from an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. As such, the The composition and construction of the individual pieces 406 may be similar to, or substantially the same as, those described above with respect to the substrate sheet 200. In particular, the interleaved pieces 406 of the represented implementation can begin as an initial substrate sheet comprising a mixing a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents.

Reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

The starting substrate sheet can then be cut into a plurality of pieces (for example, strips, sections, portions, etc.) and collected for use as the substrate portion 402 of the aerosol source member 400. In various implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be cut in several different ways.

For example, in an implementation, the initial substrate sheet can be cut using a mechanical cutting machine (for example, a guillotine device and / or a paper shredder). In other implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be cut using a laser cutting and / or water jet cutting device. In other implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be fibrillated. In other implementations, a hammer mill can be used to reduce the size of the initial substrate sheet, and then the resulting sheet can be subsequently cut using one or more of the methods described above.

[00192] As described above, in some implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be constructed through a casting process, in which the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a starting sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting starting sheet may include a plurality of metal fibers randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the sheet.

[00193] In various implementations, the mouth end portion 404 of the aerosol source member 400 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion 404, or individually, or in any combination include, but are not limited to,

mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, empty spaces and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from any of a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials.

[00194] In various implementations, tobacco blends can comprise various types and forms of tobacco in a combined cut fill form. For example, certain popular tobacco blends for making cigarettes, commonly called “American blends”, comprise mixtures of cut or chopped pieces of tobacco cured with smoke, burley tobacco and oriental tobacco; and such mixtures, in many cases, also contain pieces of processed tobacco, such as processed tobacco stems, expanded volume tobacco and / or reconstituted tobacco. The precise amount of each type or form of tobacco within a mixture of tobacco used to manufacture a particular tobacco article can vary, and is a form of design choice, depending on factors such as sensory characteristics (eg taste and aroma) that are desired. See, for example, the types of tobacco blends described in Tobacco Encyclopedia, Voges (Ed.) P. 44- 45 (1984), Browne, The Cigarette Project, 3.sup.rd Ed., P. 43 (1990 ) and Tobacco Production, Chemistry and Technology, davis et al. (Eds.) P. 346 (1999). See, also, the representative types of tobacco mixtures set forth in U.S. Patent No. 4,836,224 to Lawson et al .; Patent of

USA No. 4,924,888 by Perfetti et al .; US Patent No.

5,056,537 to Brown et al .; and US Patent No. 5,220,930 to Gentry; US Patent Application Publications. 2004/0255965 by Perfetti et al .; and 2005/0066986 by Nestor et al .; PCT Order Publication No. WO 02/37990 by Bereman; and Bombick et al., Fund. Appl. Toxicol., 39, p. 11-17 (1997); each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00195] As used in this document, the reference to a "flavoring" refers to compounds or components that can be aerosolized and delivered to a user and that convey a sensory experience in terms of taste and / or aroma. Exemplary flavorings include, but are not limited to, vanillin, ethyl vanillin, cream, tea, coffee, fruit (for example, apple, cherry, strawberry, peach and citrus flavors, including lime and lemon), maple, menthol, mint, peppermint, mint, wintergreen, nutmeg, clove, lavender, cardamom, ginger, honey, anise, sage, rosemary, hibiscus, rosehip, yerba mate, guayusa, bee honey, rooibos, holy herb, bacopa monniera , gingko biloba, withania somnifera, cinnamon, sandalwood, jasmine, cascarilla, cocoa, licorice and flavorings and flavor packages of the type and character traditionally used to flavor cigarettes, cigars and pipes. Syrups, like high fructose corn syrup, can also be used. Compositions derived from exemplary plants that may be suitable are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 9,107,453 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012/0152265 both to Dube et al., The disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their wholeness. The selection of such additional components is variable based on factors such as the sensory characteristics that are desired for the tobacco article, and the present disclosure is intended to cover any additional components that are readily apparent to those skilled in the art of tobacco and products tobacco derivatives or tobacco-related. See, for example, Gutcho, Tobacco Flavoring Substances and Methods, Noyes Data Corp. (1972) and Leffingwell et al., Tobacco Flavorings for Tobacco Products (1972), whose disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. It should be noted that the reference to a flavoring should not be limited to any single flavoring, as described above, and may, in fact, represent a combination of one or more flavorings.

[00196] Some examples of suitable phase change materials include, but are limited to, salts, such as AgNO3, AlCl3, TaCl3, InCl3, SnCl2, AlI3, and TiI4; metals and metal alloys such as selenium, tin, indium, tin-zinc, zinc-indium or bismuth-indium; and organic compounds such as D-mannitol, succinic acid, p-nitrobenzoic acid, hydroquinone and adipic acid. Other examples are described in U.S. Patent No. 8,430,106 to Potter et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00197] Figure 7 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 500 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the depicted embodiment, the aerosol source member 500 includes a substrate portion 502 and a mouth end portion 504. In various implementations, the substrate portion 502 may comprise a series of overlapping layers 506 of an initial substrate sheet ( for example, a gathered web comprising an initial substrate sheet). For example, in the implementation depicted, the series of overlapping layers 506 comprises a series of layers of an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. In another implementation of For example, the series of overlapping layers 506 of an initial substrate sheet may be similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 1200 of Figure 14. As such, the composition and construction of the layers may be similar to, or substantially the same as those described above in relation to the substrate sheet 200 or sheet 1200. In particular, the overlapping layers of the depicted implementation can begin as a starting substrate sheet comprising a mixture of a fibrous filler material, a forming material aerosol, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents.

Reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

The starting substrate sheet can then be folded in an overlapping manner (e.g., gathered web) for use as the substrate portion 502 of the aerosol source member 500. It should be noted that in various implementations, the term "overlapping layers" it can also include grouped, joined and / or otherwise joined layers in which the individual layers may not be obvious.

[00198] In various implementations, the mouth end portion 504 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion, either individually, or in any combination, include, but are not limited to, mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, voids and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials. Reference is made to the discussion of these components above in relation to Figure 6.

[00199] Figure 8 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 600 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the illustrated embodiment, the aerosol source member 600 includes a substrate portion 602, a mouth end portion 604 and an overwrap substrate sheet 608 extending around at least a portion of the substrate portion 602. In various implementations, the overwrap substrate sheet 608 can be separated from an optional external overwrap material, as discussed above. In various implementations, the substrate portion 602 may comprise a collection of interleaved pieces 606 that are cut from an initial substrate sheet. For example, in the implementation depicted, the collection of interleaved pieces 606 that are cut from an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. As such, the The composition and construction of the individual pieces 606 can be similar to, or substantially the same as, those described above in relation to the sheet 200. In particular, the interleaved pieces 606 of the represented implementation can start as a starting substrate sheet comprising a mixture of a material fibrous filler, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. Reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each. The starting substrate sheet can then be cut into a plurality of pieces (e.g., strips, sections, portions, etc.) and collected for use as the substrate portion 602 of the aerosol source member 600.

[00200] As described above, in some implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be constructed through a casting process, in which the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a starting sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting starting sheet may include a plurality of metal fibers randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the sheet.

[00201] As noted above, the aerosol source member 600 of the represented implementation also includes an overwrap substrate sheet 608 that extends around at least a portion of the substrate portion 602. In the implementation depicted, the sheet overlay substrate 608 is similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 300 described above in relation to Figure 5. As such, the composition and construction of the overlay substrate sheet 608 may be similar to , or substantially the same as those described above in relation to the substrate sheet 300. For example, in the embodiment shown, the overlay substrate sheet 608 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material , a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the implementation shown, the heat conducting constituents comprise a series of bands 612, separated by a series of spaces 614 between them, so that a segmented pattern is formed. In addition, in the implementation shown, the series of bands 612 comprising the heat conducting constituents is formed on the surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 608. Additional reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, forming materials of aerosol, binding materials and heat-conducting constituents possible for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00202] As noted above, in some implementations, the overlay substrate sheet 608 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness.

[00203] In various implementations, the segmented pattern can be created in a variety of ways, including, for example, by selective adhesion, metal printing, lamination and / or stitching on the overlay sheet formed 608. For example, in In one implementation, bands 612 can be created by selective powder coating of a heat conductive material on a surface of the overlay substrate sheet 608. In another implementation, the bands

612 can be created by electrostatically attracting the heat conducting material to a surface of the overlay substrate sheet 608 and adhering the material in the segmented pattern to the overlay substrate sheet 608. In another implementation, the 612 bands can be created using a mask template. In another implementation, bands 612 can be created by printing a conductive metallic material on a surface of the overlay substrate sheet 608 in the segmented pattern. In another implementation, the heat-conducting material (for example, in the form of conductive threads) can be sewn on the surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 608 so that the segmented pattern is formed. As noted above, in various implementations of an aerosol source member where a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the resulting bands may have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the source member aerosol, including, for example, bands that are substantially transversal to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, such as the represented depiction. In other implementations, the bands may have any other angle to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, including, for example, substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member or angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member.

[00204] In various implementations, the mouth end portion 604 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion, either individually, or in any combination, include, but are not limited to, mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, voids and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials. Reference is made to the discussion of these components above in relation to Figure 6.

[00205] Figure 9 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 700 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the embodiment shown, the aerosol source member 700 includes a substrate portion 702, a mouth end portion 704 and an overwrap substrate sheet 708 extending around at least a portion of the substrate portion 702. In various implementations, the overwrap substrate sheet 708 can be separated from an optional external overwrap material, as discussed above. In various implementations, the substrate portion 702 may comprise a series of overlapping layers 706 of an initial substrate sheet (e.g., a joined web comprising an initial substrate sheet). For example, in the illustrated implementation, the series of overlapping layers 706 comprises layers of an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. In another example implementation, the series of overlapping layers 506 of an initial substrate sheet may be similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 1200 of Figure 14. As such, the composition and construction of the layers may be similar, or substantially the same as, those described above in relation to sheet 200 or sheet 1200. In particular, the overlapping layers of the represented implementation can start as a starting substrate sheet comprising a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. Reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00206] As described above, in some implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be constructed using a casting process, in which the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a starting sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting starting sheet may include a plurality of metal fibers randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the sheet. In some implementations, the starting substrate sheet may be a reconstituted tobacco sheet as described above.

[00207] As noted above, the aerosol source member 700 of the depicted implementation also includes an overwrap substrate sheet 708 that extends around at least a portion of the substrate portion 702. In the depicted implementation, the sheet overlay substrate 708 is similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 300 described above in relation to Figure 5. As such, the composition and construction of the overlay substrate sheet 708 may be similar to, or substantially the same as those described above in relation to the substrate sheet 300. For example, in the implementation shown, the overwrap substrate sheet 708 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a material binder and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the implementation shown, the heat conducting constituents comprise a series of bands 712,

separated by a series of spaces 714 between them, so that a segmented pattern is formed. In addition, in the implementation shown, the series of bands 712 comprising the heat conducting constituents is formed on the surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 708. Additional reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, forming materials of aerosol, binding materials and heat-conducting constituents possible for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00208] As noted above, in some implementations, the overwrap substrate sheet 708 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness.

[00209] In various implementations, the segmented pattern can be created in a variety of ways, including, for example, by selective adhesion, metal printing, lamination and / or stitching on the overlay substrate sheet formed 708. For example , in one implementation, bands 712 can be created by selective powder coating of a heat conductive material on a surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 708. In another implementation, bands 712 can be created by electrostatically attracting the conductive material of heat to a surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 708 and adhering the material in the segmented pattern to the overwrap substrate sheet

708. In another implementation, bands 712 can be created using a mask model. In another implementation, bands 712 can be created by printing a conductive metallic material on a surface of the overlay substrate sheet 708 in the segmented pattern. In another implementation, the heat-conducting material (for example, in the form of conductive threads) can be sewn on the surface of the overwrap substrate sheet 708 so that the segmented pattern is formed. As noted above, in various implementations of an aerosol source member where a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the resulting bands may have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the source member aerosol, including, for example, bands that are substantially transversal to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, such as the represented depiction. In other implementations, the bands may have any other angle to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, including, for example, substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member or angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the source member.

[00210] As noted above, in various implementations, the mouth end portion 704 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion, either individually, or in any combination, include, but are not limited to, mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, voids and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials. Reference is made to the discussion above of these components in relation to Figure 6.

[00211] Figure 15 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 1300 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the illustrated implementation, the aerosol source member 1300 includes a substrate portion 1302, a mouth end portion 1304 and an overwrap substrate sheet 1308 extending around at least a portion of the substrate portion 1302. In various implementations, the external overwrap substrate sheet 1308 can be separated from an optional external overwrap material, as discussed above. In various implementations, the substrate portion 1302 may comprise a collection of interleaved pieces 1306 that are cut from an initial substrate sheet. For example, in the implementation depicted, the collection of interleaved pieces 1306 that are cut from an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. As such, the composition and construction of individual pieces 1306 may be similar to, or substantially the same as,

those described above in relation to the sheet 200. In particular, the interleaved pieces 1306 of the represented implementation can start as a starting substrate sheet comprising a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality conductive constituents. Reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each. The starting substrate sheet can then be cut into a plurality of pieces (e.g., strips, sections, portions, etc.) and collected for use as the substrate portion 1302 of the aerosol source member 1300.

[00212] As described above, in some implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be constructed through a casting process, in which the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a starting sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting starting sheet may include a plurality of metal fibers randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the sheet. In some implementations, the starting substrate sheet may be a reconstituted tobacco sheet as described above.

[00213] As noted above, the aerosol source member 1300 of the depicted implementation also includes an overwrap substrate sheet 1308 that extends around at least a portion of the substrate portion 1302. In the depicted implementation, the sheet overlay substrate 1308 is similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 1200 described above in relation to Figure 14. As such, the composition and construction of the overlay substrate sheet 1308 may be similar to , or substantially the same as those described above in relation to the substrate sheet 1200. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, the overwrap substrate sheet 1308 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material , a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the illustrated implementation, the heat conducting constituents comprise a 1310 metal mesh that has been laminated to a substrate sheet. Additional reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00214] As noted above, in some implementations, the overlay substrate sheet 1308 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In other implementations, the starting substrate sheet may be a reconstituted tobacco sheet as described above.

[00215] As noted above, in various implementations of an aerosol source member in which a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the resulting pattern can have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the member aerosol source, including, for example, a pattern that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, such as the embodiment depicted. In other implementations, the pattern can have any other angle to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member.

[00216] In various implementations, the mouth end portion 1304 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion, either individually, or in any combination, include, but are not limited to, mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, voids and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials. Reference is made to the discussion of these components above in relation to Figure 6.

[00217] Figure 16 is a schematic drawing of an aerosol source member 1400 according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In the illustrated implementation, the aerosol source member 1400 includes a substrate portion 1402, a mouth end portion 1404 and an overwrap substrate sheet 1408 extending around at least a portion of the substrate portion 1402. In various implementations, the overwrap substrate sheet 1408 can be separated from an optional external overwrap material, as discussed above. In various implementations, the substrate portion 1402 may comprise a series of overlapping layers 1406 of an initial substrate sheet (for example, a joined web comprising an initial substrate sheet). For example, in the illustrated implementation, the series of overlapping layers 1406 comprises layers of an initial substrate sheet similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 200 described above in relation to Figure 4. In another example implementation, the series of overlapping layers 1406 of an initial substrate sheet may be similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 1200 of Figure 14. As such, the composition and construction of the layers may be similar, or substantially the same as, those described above in relation to sheet 200 or sheet 1200. In particular, the overlapping layers of the represented implementation can start as a starting substrate sheet comprising a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. Reference is made to the above discussions with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00218] As described above, in some implementations, the initial substrate sheet can be constructed through a casting process, in which the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a starting sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In the case of the depicted implementation, the resulting starting sheet may include a plurality of metal fibers randomly (or substantially randomly) distributed within the thickness of the sheet. In other implementations, the starting substrate sheet may be a reconstituted tobacco sheet as described above.

[00219] As noted above, the aerosol source member 1400 of the depicted implementation also includes an overwrap substrate sheet 1408 that extends around at least a portion of the substrate portion 1402. In the depicted implementation, the sheet overlay substrate 1408 is similar to, or substantially the same as, the substrate sheet 1200 described above in relation to Figure 14. As such, the composition and construction of overlay substrate sheet 1408 may be similar to, or substantially the same as those described above in relation to the substrate sheet 1200. For example, in the implementation shown, the overwrap substrate sheet 1408 comprises a mixture of a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a material binder and a plurality of heat conducting constituents. As noted above, in various implementations, the heat conducting constituents can be made of a metallic material, a metallic alloy material, a ceramic material, a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material or any combination thereof. In addition, in various implementations, the plurality of heat conducting constituents can take a granular form, a powder form, a fiber form, a mesh, a fiber fabric or any combination thereof. In the implementation shown, the heat conducting constituents comprise a 1410 metal mesh that has been laminated to a substrate sheet. Additional reference is made to the above discussion with respect to various filler materials, aerosol forming materials, binder materials and possible heat conducting constituents for use in the initial substrate sheet and possible relative amounts of each.

[00220] As noted above, in some implementations, the overlay substrate sheet 1408 can be constructed using a casting process. For example, the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the binder material can be mixed to form a suspension, which can be melted onto a surface (such as, for example, a moving belt). The molten suspension can then undergo one or more drying and / or scraping steps, so that the result is a sheet of relatively consistent thickness. In other implementations, the starting substrate sheet may be a reconstituted tobacco sheet as described above.

[00221] As noted above, in various implementations of an aerosol source member in which a substrate sheet is used as an overwrap substrate sheet, the resulting pattern can have any orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the member aerosol source, including, for example, a pattern that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member, such as the embodiment depicted. In other implementations, the pattern can have any other angle to a longitudinal axis of the aerosol source member.

[00222] As noted above, in various implementations, the mouth end portion 1404 may comprise a variety of materials, which, in some implementations, may include a filter, as described above. Other materials that may be located in the mouth end portion, either individually, or in any combination, include, but are not limited to, mixtures of tobacco, one or more flavorings, voids and / or phase change materials. The mouth end portion 404 may also include a hollow tube structure. In various implementations, such a tube can be constructed from a variety of materials and can include one or more adhesives. Example materials include, but are not limited to, paper, paper layers, cardboard, plastic, cardboard and / or composite materials. Reference is made to the discussion above of these components in relation to Figure 6.

[00223] Figure 10 illustrates various operations in an 800 method of fabricating an aerosol generating substrate for use in an aerosol source member according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In various implementations, method 800 may comprise providing a fibrous filler material in operation 802, providing an aerosol forming material in operation 804, providing a binder material in operation 806 and providing a plurality of heat conducting constituents in operation 808. Method 800 may further comprise forming a substrate sheet using fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, binder material and plurality of heat conducting constituents in operation 810. In various implementations, reference is made to fibrous filler materials, aerosol forming materials and binding materials, as well as substrate sheets, described above in relation to Figures 4-5.

[00224] Figure 11 illustrates various operations in a method 900 of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In various implementations, method 900 may comprise forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol delivery device, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents in operation 902. Method 900 may further comprise cutting the initial substrate sheet into a plurality of pieces in operation 904, forming a collection of interleaved pieces from the plurality of pieces of the initial substrate sheet in operation 906, and forming a substrate portion using the collection of interleaved pieces in operation 908. In various implementations, reference is made to fibrous filler materials, aerosol delivery materials, binding materials and heat-conducting constituents, as well as substrate sheets, described above in relation to Figures 4-6 and 8.

[00225] Figure 12 illustrates various operations in a method 1000 of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In various implementations, method 1000 may comprise forming a starting substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol delivery device, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents in operation 1002. Method 1000 may further comprise superimpose a plurality of layers of the initial substrate sheet in operation 1004 and form a substrate portion using the overlapping layers in operation 1006. In various implementations, reference is made to fibrous fillers, aerosol delivery materials, binders and constituents conductors, as well as substrate sheets, described above in relation to Figures 4-5, 7 and 9.

[00226] Figure 13 illustrates various operations in an 1100 method of fabricating an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device according to an example implementation of the present disclosure. In various implementations, method 1100 may comprise forming a mixture comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, a binder material and a plurality of heat conducting constituents in operation 1102. Method 1000 may further comprise extruding and spheronizing mixing a plurality of granules in operation 1104 and forming a collection of granules in operation 1106. The method can further comprise forming a portion of substrate using the granule collection in operation 1108. It should be noted that in some implementations, the granules can be encapsulated spheres.

[00227] The present disclosure provides aerosol generating substrates and aerosol source members for use in aerosol delivery devices that use electrical energy to heat a heating member, which in turn heats a substrate material (preferably without burning the substrate material to any significant degree) to form an inhalable substance such as an aerosol, the devices being compact enough to be considered "portable" devices. In certain implementations, such devices can be particularly characterized as smoking articles. As used in this document, the term is intended to mean a device or article that provides the taste and / or sensation (for example, touching your hand or mouth) of smoking a cigarette, cigar or pipe without the actual combustion of any component the device. The term smoke device or article does not necessarily indicate that, in operation, the device produces smoke in the sense of by-product of combustion or pyrolysis. Rather, smoking is related to an individual's physical action when using the device - for example, holding the device in your hand, sucking on one end of the device and inhaling from the device. In other implementations, the inventive devices can be characterized as being steam generating devices, aerosolizing devices or pharmaceutical delivery devices. Thus, devices can be arranged to deliver one or more substances in an inhalable state.

[00228] As noted above, although an aerosol source member and a control body can be supplied together as a complete smoke article or pharmaceutical delivery article generally, the components can be supplied separately. For example, the present disclosure also covers a disposable unit for use with a reusable tobacco article or a reusable pharmaceutical delivery article. In specific implementations, such a disposable unit (which may be an aerosol source member as illustrated in the accompanying figures) may comprise a substantially tubular shaped body having a heated end configured to engage the reusable pharmaceutical article or tobacco article, a opposite mouth end configured to allow the passage of an inhalable substance to a consumer, and a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an inner space. Various implementations of an aerosol source member (or cartridge) are described in U.S. Patent No. 9,078,473 to Worm et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

[00229] In addition to the disposable unit, the disclosure can also be characterized as providing a separate control body for use in a reusable tobacco article or a reusable pharmaceutical delivery article. In specific implementations, the control body can generally be a housing having a receiving end (which may include a receiving chamber with an open end) for receiving a heated end of a separately supplied aerosol source member. The control body may further include an electrical power source that supplies power to an electrical heating member, which may be a component of the control body or may be included in the aerosol source member to be used with the control unit. For example, in some implementations, the electrical power source can supply one or more heating sets which, in some implementations, can be a conductive heat source and / or an inductive heat source. In some implementations, one or more of the heating sets may be independent and / or separate from one or more other heating sets. Thus, in some implementations, there may be one or more conductive heating assemblies. In other implementations, there may be one or more inductive heating sets. In still other implementations, there may be one or more conductive heating sets and one or more inductive heating sets. In various implementations, the control body can also include other components, including an electrical power source (such as a battery), components to drive the current flow to the heating member, and components to regulate that current flow to maintain a desired temperature for a desired time and / or to circulate the current flow or stop the current flow when a desired temperature has been reached or the heating element has been heating for a desired period of time. In some implementations, the control unit may further comprise one or more buttons associated with one or both components to activate the current flow to the heating member, and the components to regulate that current flow. The control body may also include one or more indicators, such as lights indicating that the heater is warming up and / or indicating the number of breaths remaining for an aerosol source member that is used with the control body.

[00230] Although some figures described here illustrate the control body and the aerosol source member in a working relationship, it is understood that the control body and the aerosol source member can exist as individual devices. Consequently, any discussion provided in this document regarding the components in combination should also be understood to apply to the control body and the aerosol source member as individual and separate components.

[00231] In another aspect, the present disclosure can be directed to kits that provide a variety of components, as described in this document. For example, a kit may comprise a control body with one or more aerosol source members. A kit may further comprise a control body with one or more loading components. A kit may further comprise a control body with one or more batteries. A kit may further comprise a control body with one or more aerosol source members and one or more charging components and / or one or more batteries. In other implementations, a kit can comprise a plurality of aerosol source members. A kit may further comprise a plurality of aerosol source members and one or more batteries and / or one or more charging components. In the above implementations, the aerosol source members or control bodies may be provided with a heating member included with them. Inventive kits can also include a case (or other packaging, transport or storage component) that accommodates one or more of the other components in the kit. The case can be a rigid or flexible reusable container. In addition, the case can simply be a box or other packaging structure.

[00232] Many modifications and other modalities of the disclosure will come to the mind of one versed in the technique to which this disclosure refers, having the benefit of the lessons presented in the previous descriptions and in the associated drawings. Therefore, it should be understood that the disclosure should not be limited to the specific modalities disclosed in this document and that the modifications and other modalities are intended to be included in the scope of the attached claims. Although specific terms are used here, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for the purpose of limitation.

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AMENDED CLAIMS 1. Aerosol generation substrate for use in an aerosol source member, said substrate CHARACTERIZED by the fact that it comprises: a fibrous filler material; an aerosol forming material; and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the fibrous filler material, the aerosol forming material and the plurality of heat conducting constituents are first formed as a sheet, wherein the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet, and wherein the sheet is subsequently formed into one or more of a collection of interspersed pieces cut from the sheet, or a gathered web formed from the sheet. 2. Aerosol generation substrate, according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that it also comprises a binder material. 3. Aerosol generation substrate, according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the heat conducting constituents are incorporated within the sheet. 4. Aerosol generation substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the heat-conducting constituents are formed on a surface of the sheet. 5. Aerosol generation substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the shape of the heat-conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a form of fiber fabric. 6. Aerosol generation substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the material of the heat-conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, a metal alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material. 7. Aerosol generation substrate, according to claim 4, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the heat conducting constituents are formed in a segmented pattern. 8. Aerosol generation substrate, according to claim 7, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the segmented pattern is created using at least one of printing, lamination, sewing and selective adhesion. 9. Aerosol generation substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate. 10. Aerosol generating substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a tobacco-derived material. 11. Aerosol generation substrate according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material. 12. Aerosol generation substrate, according to claim 7, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the segmented pattern is created using a mask model. 13. Aerosol source member for use with an aerosol delivery device, said aerosol source member CHARACTERIZED in that it comprises: a portion of substrate comprising: a fibrous filler; an aerosol forming material; and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by one or more of: (a) a collection of interspersed pieces cut from an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, forming material of aerosol and plurality of heat conducting constituents, or (b) a web assembled to an initial substrate sheet formed by the fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the heat conducting constituents are incorporated into the initial substrate sheet. 14. Aerosol source member, according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the substrate portion further comprises a binding material. Aerosol source member, according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the shape of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape , a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape. 16. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the material of the heat conducting constituents in the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, a metal alloy material, a ceramic, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material. 17. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic mesh laminate and a metallic fiber fabric laminate. 18. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a tobacco-derived material. 19. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material of the initial substrate sheet comprises a non-tobacco material. 20. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED in that it further comprises a wrapper portion, wherein the wrapper portion comprises an overwrap sheet configured to wrap around the substrate portion, and wherein the overwrap sheet includes a plurality of heat conducting constituents. 21. Aerosol source member according to claim 20, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the shape of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a shape of fiber, a mesh shape and a fiber fabric shape. 22. Aerosol source member according to claim 20, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the material of the heat conducting constituents of the overwrap sheet comprises at least one of a metallic material, a metal alloy material, a material ceramic, a carbon material and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material. 23. Aerosol source member according to claim 13, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from a resonant transmitter . 24. Aerosol source member for use with an induction heated aerosol delivery device having a resonant transmitter, said aerosol source member CHARACTERIZED in that it comprises: a substrate portion comprising: a fibrous filler material; an aerosol forming material; and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate portion is formed by a collection of granules formed by spheronizing an extruded mixture of fibrous filler material, aerosol forming material, and plurality of heat conducting constituents, and wherein the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises a resonant receiver configured to exhibit an alternating current when exposed to an oscillating magnetic field from the resonant transmitter. 25. Aerosol source member, according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the substrate portion further comprises a binder material. 26. Aerosol source member according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the shape of the heat-conducting constituents comprises at least one of a granular shape, a powder shape, a fiber shape, a mesh shape and a form of fiber fabric. 27. Aerosol source member according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the material of the heat-conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metallic material, an alloy material, a ceramic material, a carbon and a polymeric fiber material coated with a metallic material. 28. Aerosol source member according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the plurality of heat conducting constituents comprises at least one of a metal mesh laminate and a metal fiber fabric laminate. 29. Aerosol source member according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material comprises at least one of a tobacco material and a tobacco-derived material. 30. Aerosol source member according to claim 24, CHARACTERIZED by the fact that the fibrous filler material comprises a non-tobacco material.